General Forum

It's not overdone which is good. I would have liked to see the borders come back. I'll give it a thumbs up.

Even better idea, don’t have parallels.

I like the design, it has a pleasent appearance and appears natural. The last two years I feel like the design was too much.

I like it much better than any of the past 4 years of designs. Much cleaner and simpler, with no tilted text or swooshing wave graphics. I'd like to see what the color parallels will look like.

looks like 1982 to me.. it'd be cool if they just did the whole set on vintage stock

I like it better than the previous 2-3 years. Maybe it's old age, but I'd prefer the last name to be in darker print so I can read it easier. Looks like they borrowed from '82.

Overall, I like the design. Even a 50% border is better than the last few releases. This border and design is much cleaner than the last few years. I would like to see the first name and last name switch places though. If there isn't a comma after the last name, there's no reason for the last name to be on top. Switch those two lines while keeping the last name in a bigger font and I'm fine with it. I also wish they would pick an orientation and stick with it. Don't change it randomly, Topps! If most cards are vertical, the only cards that should be horizontal would be subset cards like All-Stars, League Leaders, Playoff/WS cards. Don't keep switching back and forth with no concern to the content of the card.

I still don't see 1982 in the design though. I know what the idea is being based off of, but that doesn't say 1982 to me at all. I wonder why Topps thinks the 2019 set should be based off the 1982 design instead of holding that until the 2022 release.

i dont know if i like it , but i dont hate it....... lol make since? ... it kinda looks like a refined/redesign of the 02 mixed in with a little bit of 82 flare ...

It's a fair design. The name order is not great but I'll get used to it. I honestly wish they would release the back design also. The borders will help weed the parallels out for my trade list.

Here is my wishlist for Topps flagship:

Bring back manager cards. Put the previous season record and team leaders on the back.

Put another, small photo on the back. A headshot would be great. Similar to most minor league cards.

Put the card number in the upper left, make it clear and very legible. They did a nice job on the font for 2018. They design in pairs, so I'm guessing they will re-use it.

GO BACK TO PUTTING COMPLETE STATS ON THE BACK! I hate the last 5 years stats. Get rid of twitter handles and I love the fact that veterans have lots of stat lines where there's no room for anything else.

I'd like to see a facsimile autograph on the card. The back would be best - as a background for the stats.

Dan

Don't care much for it